feared

Speech parts

1. feared - Adjective

2. feared - Verb

Meaning

of Fear

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

revere frightful concerned fear suspect afraid terrible worried formidable alarmed fearful frightened dire reverence terrifying
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Antonyms

composed collected committed competitive aggressive controlling
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Phrases with the word

feared person

Anagrams

afeerd faeder Fareed Freeda deafer

Examples

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history. Bertrand Russell

Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. Louis Brandeis

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared. Niccolò Machiavelli

The doctor is to be feared more than the disease. Latin Proverb

He who is feared by many must be afraid of many. Hungarian Proverb

The tongue is more to be feared than the sword. Japanese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

fear-of-flying syndrome fearable feare feared person fearedness fearefull